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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Arthritis Burden

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of arthritis,
rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,586 5,799 29.1 28.1-30.1 8,787 70.9 69.9-71.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 342 134 29.4 23.6-35.8 208 70.6 64.2-76.4
Buncombe 350 148 32.7 26.9-39.1 202 67.3 60.9-73.1
Cabarrus 355 141 27.8 22.2-34.2 214 72.2 65.8-77.8
Catawba 405 135 23.4 19.1-28.5 270 76.6 71.5-80.9
Cumberland 374 162 35.2 29.2-41.7 212 64.8 58.3-70.8
Davidson 361 178 33.7 27.8-40.0 183 66.3 60.0-72.2
Durham 322 118 26.7 21.1-33.1 204 73.3 66.9-78.9
Forsyth 373 129 25.7 20.7-31.4 244 74.3 68.6-79.3
Gaston 382 166 31.0 25.7-36.8 216 69.0 63.2-74.3
Guilford 382 140 26.8 22.0-32.2 242 73.2 67.8-78.0
Iredell 387 155 31.6 26.1-37.7 232 68.4 62.3-73.9
Johnston 432 174 30.2 22.8-38.7 258 69.8 61.3-77.2
Mecklenburg 669 218 23.8 20.4-27.6 451 76.2 72.4-79.6
New Hanover 382 133 26.2 20.9-32.4 249 73.8 67.6-79.1
Onslow 373 141 27.7 22.7-33.4 232 72.3 66.6-77.3
Orange 344 117 25.1 19.8-31.2 227 74.9 68.8-80.2
Pitt 376 144 28.2 23.4-33.5 232 71.8 66.5-76.6
Randolph 370 147 28.7 23.7-34.2 223 71.3 65.8-76.3
Robeson 405 180 31.4 26.1-37.2 225 68.6 62.8-73.9
Rowan 445 190 35.5 29.9-41.5 255 64.5 58.5-70.1
Union 369 132 25.0 20.5-30.2 237 75.0 69.8-79.5
Wake 604 187 22.2 18.7-26.1 417 77.8 73.9-81.3
Wayne 354 154 32.2 26.5-38.5 200 67.8 61.5-73.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,712 1,913 31.3 29.5-33.1 2,799 68.7 66.9-70.5
Piedmont 7,011 2,640 27.1 25.7-28.5 4,371 72.9 71.5-74.3
Western NC 2,863 1,246 33.6 31.5-35.9 1,617 66.4 64.1-68.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,893 830 33.6 30.9-36.4 1,063 66.4 63.6-69.1
Northwest 3,064 1,253 30.4 28.2-32.7 1,811 69.6 67.3-71.8
Charlotte 2,007 747 26.5 24.1-29.1 1,260 73.5 70.9-75.9
Greensboro 1,642 617 29.1 26.3-32.1 1,025 70.9 67.9-73.7
Southern Regional 1,345 553 31.5 28.2-35.1 792 68.5 64.9-71.8
Coastal 751 305 32.2 27.8-36.8 446 67.8 63.2-72.2
Wake 1,566 563 24.8 22.1-27.7 1,003 75.2 72.3-77.9
Area L 400 162 30.8 25.7-36.4 238 69.2 63.6-74.3
Eastern 1,918 769 30.3 27.7-33.1 1,149 69.7 66.9-72.3

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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